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How can I pass variables from a Perl script to a Bash script?
I got the duty to make a fix to an ancient Perl script our company uses, I haven't even looked at Perl in about 20 years. So I want to pick up a couple of the variables, and dump them to the ...
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If loop not working as intended for perl scrpt
I'm trying to create a Perl script that automatically check for changes in a data.list every hour, username/project/tota/datas/data.list is where the file is and then execute the remaining codes, ...
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perl - how to convert hh:mm:ss to seconds
Is there a way in perl to convert a duration (hh:mm:ss) to total number of seconds? sample: 02:50:30 output: 10230
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Perl having problem in programme execution [closed]
#!/usr/bin/perl #Script:name2.pl - Demonstrates use of chop # print("Enter your name:"); $name=<STDIN>; $lname = chop($name); #Removes newline character from $name ...
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(perl) Rename bulk files - moving section starting with #{NUMBER} to front
I am trying to rename many files with the example formatting using rename with perl scripting 'Balisong Tutorial - (0g Chaplin) - Advanced #21-d8ajkHL34s0.mkv' 'Balisong Tutorial - (ALT Reverse Behind ...
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No recipient addresses found in header - Sendmail [closed]
From C shell script I am invoking a perl script to send an email, /path/send/email/email.pl "[email protected]" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t Perl script print "To: ".$ARGV[0]."\n&...
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How to check if 2 files are empty in perl using if condition
if(-z "$file1" && "file2") { print "file1 and file2 are empty"; } else { print "execute"; } When I write this, when the files are empty it prints ...
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Remove duplicates csv based on first value keeping the longest line between duplicates
I have many different csv files in a folder (megadrive.txt, snes.txt) like this: Aerial Assault (USA);Aerial Assault (USA);Sega Master System;;;;;;;;;0;;;;; Aerial Assault (USA);Aerial Assault (USA);...
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Cutting out specific text from specific lines in real time
So I have a log running in real time and saving to a text file named 'test.txt' also in real time. Now I want to set up a process that constantly polls that text file for changes and cuts out a ...
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Perl::Find a substring and display a whole word
I have a text file that has some data like: PADHOGOA1 IOP055_VINREG5_1 ( .IO(VINREG5_1), .MONI(), .MON_D(px_IOP055_VINREG5_1_MON_D), .R0T(px_IOP054_VINREG5_0_R0T), .IO1() ); PADV30MA0 ...
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Perl: Inserting at nth position in file
I have content in my file : 123456789 My output is: 1234CC789 Desired Output is: 1234CC56789 I am insert PP at nth position suppose. But when I am inserting any text it is inserting the text at ...
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REGEX: flush a number of related chains in iptables
I want to flush a number of related chains in IPtables. Their names like 'f2b.*' I want the entire chain gone! e.g. all this gone. -A f2b-postfix-sasl -s 103.231.139.130/32 -j REJECT --reject-with ...
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Split and store in Perl
I have a file with this content: Ref BBPin r:/WORK/M375FS/HMLSBLK4BIT0P0_0/LSVCC15 Impl BBPin i:/WORK/M375FS/HMLSBLK4BIT0P0_0/LSVCC15 Ref BBPin r:/WORK/HMLSBLK4BIT0P0_0/LSVCC3 Impl ...
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Returning wrong results in perl script [duplicate]
I am running this command on linux shell it works smoothly sed -i 's/\[-.*-]//g' error .txt What it does is it removes patterns like [-any text-] along with the brackets and - sign. but when I try ...
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perl regex - How to match foobar that does not begin with (\s*//\s*)
Basically I want to find foobar on uncommented lines like: // foobar # do not match me foobar # match me otherfoobar # do not match me To match the commented lines I use this: ^(\s*//\...